IVFtreatment can be incredibly stressful, even when it is successful. Imagine how difficult IVF can be when it is not? That is likely why so many couples give up after an unsuccessful IVF cycle.

According to reasearchers in the UK, almost a third of couples who are not successful at IVF and stop treatment will conceive on their own, although that might take up to 2 years.

Surprisingly, many of the couples who did conceive this way were not as thrilled as one might expect. Some couples have moved on in their life situations, and others were felt that maybe they never needed IVF in the first place.

First the good news. Most folks' perception is actually worse than reality, and most respondents identified genetic abnormalities as the most common cause for miscarriage. As a reproductive medicine specialist, these misunderstandings come as no surprise. Here are some of the misperceptions the surveyors found...